Facing to the Clouds (1962)
Original title: 雲に向かって起つ
Facing to the Clouds is a 1962 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Eisuke Takizawa, with a running time of 1h 42m. It stars Yūjirō Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka and Ken Yamauchi.
A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko's father was a member of the Diet who was assassinated six years ago. Through Reiko, Takema joins Tsūkai-kai, a group of young people who respect her late father's political ideas. With the assistance of Tsukai-kai, Takema eventually uncovers the political scandal related to postwar compensation which led to the murder of Reiko's father.